Natural-Focal Infections of the Krasnodar Territory. Current State of the Problem

Krasnodar Territory is a territory that combines a variety of landscape and geographical conditions and a comfortable climate, contributing to the formation of natural foci of infectious diseases there. High population density, availability of recreational areas, and developed agriculture determine a high risk of close human contact with vectors and reservoirs of natural-focal infections, which requires constant monitoring of the epizootic and epidemiological situation to prevent the mass morbidity of these infections and outlines the relevance of research in this area. The aim of the work was to assess the epizootic and epidemiological situation on natural-focal infections in the Krasnodar Territory. Materials and methods. The study used the reports from annual epizootiological monitoring provided by the Rospotrebnadzor Administration in the Krasnodar Territory, Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Krasnodar Territory, the Black Sea Plague Control Station of the Rospotrebnadzor, and the Stavropol Anti-Plague Institute of the Rospotrebnadzor. The vector maps were constructed using the ArcGIS 10 software. Results and discussion. According to the results of monitoring over the past 5 years, the epizootic and epidemiological situation on natural-focal diseases in the Krasnodar Territory was characterized as unstable. During the study period, 39 to 318 cases of natural-focal infections were recorded annually. The group of the most relevant ones included Ixodidae tick-borne borreliosis, West Nile fever, leptospirosis, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, tularemia. The presence of combined foci of infectious diseases has been noted, which is a factor that can negatively affect the development of the epidemiological situation in the territories of their existence. Among the primary tasks of epidemiological surveillance of natural-focal infections in the region are: epizootiological monitoring, the introduction of advanced methods of epidemiological analysis (GIS, multidimensional monitoring, genomic profiling of the studied area).

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